On Wednesday of last week, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) announced that it would attempt to aid the US economy by extending the duration of its portfolio, effectively performing what the ma...
US housing, in my opinion, offers a great long-term opportunity. I know this probably sounds a bit crazy as most people think the US housing market is getting worse and has not begun to recover from i...
There is an old adage in the media industry that “Bad news sells newspapers”. The past month has been a goldmine for the ever-present 24-hour news cycle with a myriad of economic and market meltdowns....
The government’s new indication of granting Permanent Resident Certificates (PRC) to long-term key employees is an excellent economic decision to foster a broader sense of community and encourage a mo...
As a parent I can’t tell you how many times I have warned my rather stubborn four-year-old daughter to “stop doing something or I’ll put her in time out”.
Being a rather “independent” child she often...
I just received a letter from my local healthcare provider indicating that my monthly healthcare premiums have been increased 16.9 percent this year. This meant that the monthly payment had jumped alm...
Recent economic data has been poor and surprised to the downside. The Citigroup Economic Surprise Index for the United States (which essentially measures the positive or negative level of actual econo...
Most investors realise that to be successful you need to have your own point of view, that it often pays to fade the crowd, and be somewhat contrarian.
That said, it would seem to me to be rather myop...
“Stock market bubbles don't grow out of thin air. They have a solid basis in reality, but reality as distorted by a misconception.”
- George Soros
Last Thursday LinkedIn (“LNKD”) launched its initial...
If you have been following resource prices you may have noticed that the price of natural gas is down in the doldrums. As the price of gold, silver and crude oil seem to climb higher every day; natura...
